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<blockquote data-quote="Evar Nettlespar" data-source="post: 2720753" data-attributes="member: 37363">A warlock uses her Detect Magic ability at will, as per the spell. How is that resolved in terms of activation? Do I have to activate seperately each time, or is it considered to be on constantly, as per the Persistant Spell feat (which incidently uses Detect Magic as the example in it's description.) It seems to me that it would make more sense, and easier to resolve for the DM if it were always considered &quot;on&quot;.DM:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;You travel overland for three days. The weather is harsh and you find that-&quot;Player: &quot;Whoa, whoa, whoa.... Excuse me, but do I detect magic (14400 rds per day * 3 days = 43200) any time during those 43,200 opportunities?Seems kinda silly to me and not to mention unrealistic, as it doesn't incorporate sleep or other times when concentration may waver, but you catch my meaning I hope. Is it unreasonable to assume that a class feature which is used &quot;at will&quot; to be constantly on?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evar Nettlespar, post: 2720753, member: 37363"] A warlock uses her Detect Magic ability at will, as per the spell. How is that resolved in terms of activation? Do I have to activate seperately each time, or is it considered to be on constantly, as per the Persistant Spell feat (which incidently uses Detect Magic as the example in it's description.) It seems to me that it would make more sense, and easier to resolve for the DM if it were always considered "on". DM: "You travel overland for three days. The weather is harsh and you find that-" Player: "Whoa, whoa, whoa.... Excuse me, but do I detect magic (14400 rds per day * 3 days = 43200) any time during those 43,200 opportunities? Seems kinda silly to me and not to mention unrealistic, as it doesn't incorporate sleep or other times when concentration may waver, but you catch my meaning I hope. Is it unreasonable to assume that a class feature which is used "at will" to be constantly on? [/QUOTE]

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